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Protesters wave Palestinian flags as they stand atop the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike last month, during a protest against a march by Jewish ultranationalists through east Jerusalem, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 15, 2021
AT least seven Palestinian prisoners are on “open-ended hunger strike” in Israeli jails, rights groups said today, with more expected to join the action in protest at being held without charge.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israeli intelligence has issued 200 administrative detention orders since the beginning of May, a record number, with the majority being against new detainees.
The hunger strikers include 28-year-old Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who has been without food for 45 days. The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) is holding him in the Ramle Prison clinic.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
